100-Level Courses
MFG 130 : Modern Manufacturing.
(3:2:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Methods and characteristics of successful manufacturing engineers and managers. Introduction to engineering and technology, design, and project management. Lab. |
200-Level Courses
MFG 201 : History of Creativity in the Arts, Science, and Technology 1.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| DESCRIPTION: | Western civilization from Egyptian antiquity to Renaissance from perspective of changes in civilization enabled by technology. Creativity throughout history. How to improve personal creativity. |
MFG 202 : History of Creativity in the Arts, Science, and Technology 2.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Western civilization from Renaissance to present from perspective of changes in civilization enabled by technology. Creativity throughout history. How to improve personal creativity. |
MFG 220 : Material Removal.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| DESCRIPTION: | Methods and procedures to shape materials using basic machine tools; cutting theory, tool selection, metrology methods, and machine operation. Introduction to computer numerical control. |
MFG 230 : Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Mfg 220, Math 111, Me En 172, |
| DESCRIPTION: | Manual and computer-assisted programming of computer numerical controlled (CNC) equipment. Developing CNC programs to manufacture parts for high production. |
300-Level Courses
MFG 331 : Metals Processes.
(4:3:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Me En 250, CE En 203. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Capabilities and applications of common metal-processing methods, including relationships between part design, material, and process parameters. |
MFG 340 : Quality Systems in Manufacturing.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Stat 332; Mfg 220 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Tools and principles of quality in manufacturing systems based on the Six Sigma process. Basic tools, variation, loss function, cost of quality, SPC, DOE, and FMEA. Comprehensive project required. |
MFG 355 : Plastics Materials and Processing.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Me En 250 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Understanding plastic materials, properties, and uses. Survey of plastic-manufacturing processes. Designing plastic products and manufacturing systems. |
MFG 391 : Manufacturing Leadership.
(2:1:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lectures on personal and professional development emphasizing internship preparation. Field trips observing different types of manufacturing. |
MFG 399R : Academic Internship: Manufacturing Practicum.
(.5-6:0:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Second-semester junior standing, Mfg 391R, and faculty authorization. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Working in teams to solve problems encountered in local industry. Project management and reporting under guidance of industry supervisor and department faculty. |
400-Level Courses
MFG 431 : Tool Design.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F; Sp alternate years |
| PREREQUISITE: | Me En 172, Mfg 331. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Designing special tooling for manufacturing processes using solids-modeling design systems. |
MFG 434 : Introduction to Manufacturing Automation.
(3:2:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Phscs 105, CE En 103, Mfg 340. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sensors, actuators, robotics, part feeding and assembly, PLCs, pneumatic and hydraulic control, justifying automation. |
MFG 479 : (Mfg-BusM) Creating and Managing New Ventures.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | For management majors: BusM 301, 341, 361; major status. For engineering and technology majors: management minor status; senior status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Key issues and problems facing managers in start-up companies. Team-taught by professors and entrepreneurs; particularly helpful for students starting businesses. |
MFG 480 : Process Planning and Systems Design.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Mfg 340. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Analyzing product specifications and production requirements for manufacturing. Equipment selection and justification; facility layout and material-handling system design; process-improvement techniques. |
MFG 485 : Capstone: Production Management.
(3:1:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Mfg 340, 431, 480. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Production operations: designing a production system, carrying our production functions, and procuring materials from suppliers. Principles of lean operations, project management, and industrial supervision. |
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
MFG 531 : Advanced Computer-Aided Manufacturing Programming.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W odd years |
| PREREQUISITE: | previous introductory computer-aided manufacturing programming; senior or graduate status or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | CAD/CAM programming techniques and requirements for manufacturing components on computer numerical-control machine tools, emphasizing CAM programming, postprocessors, and CAM software evaluation. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
MFG 532 : Manufacturing Systems.
(3:2:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Mfg 480 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Analyzing lean manufacturing systems. Numerous examples and case studies from industry demonstrating principles of lean production, inventory management, and lean distribution. Project with a local company to gain confidence with these principles in an industrial setting. |
MFG 533 : Manufacturing Information Systems.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Mfg 480 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applying and integrating software and information technologies in planning, executing, and monitoring production operations. |
MFG 555 : Composite Materials and Processes.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Graduate standing or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Structure, processing, properties, and uses of composite materials, including various manufacturing methods and the relationship between properties and fabrication. |
MFG 572 : Design for Manufacturing.
(3:2:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Graduate standing or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to design evaluation techniques, including design for mechanical assembly, printed circuit board assembly, plastic injection molding, machining, and sheet metal fabrication. |
MFG 574 : Advanced Tool Design.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W even years |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced design of net-shape products utilizing CAD and CAE methods. Plastic injection mold design and construction. Rapid prototyping and injection molding project. |
MFG 580 : Manufacturing Simulation.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Mfg 480. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Design and optimization of manufacturing systems using simulation. Simulation languages and modeling methodology. |